May Day Murder by Julie WassmerMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Three and a half stars.
Faye Marlow used to be a famous Hollywood actress, but not many people know she came from Whitstable and her real name is Frankie Marshall. Although her fame has waned that doesn't stop Pearl's friend Nathan from inviting her to open the town's May Day festivities, complete with a showing of one of her most famous films. But Faye's appearance has ruffled a lot of feathers, she was a bit of a heartbreaker when she lived in Whitstable and some of her former paramours appear to be falling under her spell again.
First Pearl gets asked to close the restaurant for Faye and her entourage to eat lunch, then to change the venue to the house she has rented for the festivities, then to make special canapes for the evening drinks event. Later Nathan calls Pearl, Faye's diamond ring went missing from the safe, then was found behind a cushion, then Faye herself goes missing ... only to wind up dead, murdered and tied to the Maypole.
These early books are difficult to review because I have seen them on tv so there aren't many surprises. However, I still feel the murderer had a very poor motive and I think others had a much better reason.
Also, I am getting a little irritated by how much Julie Wassmer loves Pearl. I thought the choice of actors for the tv series was strange having read the first book because both Kerry Godliman and Nigel Lindsay are almost exactly the opposite looks wise of the characters in the books but I think it was probably to make them feel more relatable and 'normal'.
Anyway, even knowing the vague story I struggled to see the clues that would lead me to the murderer.
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